Tag: Corruption
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) wants to see tougher penalties for corruption and bribery crimes
In May 2022, the Uppdrag review revealed that two key people at Securitas, a salesperson and a high-ranking manager, had been involved in bribes in connection with a procurement in…
the corruption scandal that is shaking the country – L’Express
It is a new corruption scandal which finally got the better of Andriy Kostine, the Ukrainian prosecutor general. The latter announced his resignation in the evening of Tuesday, October 22,…
Transparency International highlights the concentration of power in the hands of the military
Transparency International Niger publishes its report on governance in the country since the coup d’état of July 26, 2023 which overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum. Nearly 15 months after the CNSP…
Former head of China’s central bank sentenced to death | News in brief
Fan Yifei is the highest-ranking executive in China’s financial sector who has been arrested during an anti-corruption program launched by President Xi Jinping. Former Vice Governor of the People’s Bank…
a former minister sentenced to twelve months in prison for corruption, a judicial rarity
This Thursday, October 3, a Singapore court sentenced former Minister of Transport, Subramaniam Iswaran, to twelve months in prison, following the first corruption trial involving a political figure in the…
Singapore convicted a minister for the first time in decades | News in brief
Corruption convictions are rare in Singapore. On Thursday, Singapore’s court sentenced the country’s former transport minister, 62 years old By Subramaniam Iswaran for one year in prison for corruption crimes,…
A colonel of the Russian National Guard was imprisoned on suspicion of grand embezzlement | News in brief
This year, numerous bribery and corruption investigations against leading civil servants and officers have been initiated in the Russian Ministry of Defense. In Russia, a court has ordered a colonel…
the trial of Marine Le Pen and the RN opens in Paris
The trial in the case of assistants to MEPs from the French far-right National Front party, now National Rally, opens Monday September 30 before the Paris Criminal Court. The party…
a damning report on police corruption
“ The police are the most corrupt institution in Kenya », This is the conclusion delivered by the former Kenyan Minister of Justice, David Maraga. In November 2023, he gave…
former Sports Minister Lat Diop indicted and detained
In Senegal, he is one of the first executives from the Macky Sall era to face prosecution for economic offenses, and the first former member of the government to be…